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Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Italian Heirloom Tomato

50 Seeds

$ 3.69

One of the best dual-purpose tomatoes around

  • Meaty & coreless with few seeds
  • Excellent flavor
  • Great sweet/acid balance
  • Great for canning and slicing
  • Good resistance to drought

MORE ABOUT ITALIAN HEIRLOOM TOMATO:

(Solanum lycopersicum) It's excellent flavor and meatiness make Italian Heirloom one of the best dual-purpose tomatoes around. When I first grew this variety in the extreme drought of 2012, I thought I would never grow it again. Early on, it always seemed to look thirsty with its leaves often rolled and droopy. However later in the season, Italian Heirloom produced nice yields of large near-perfect tomatoes while other varieties suffered from extreme blossom end rot (a calcium deficiency that is worsened by drought). It turned out that my initial impressions were wrong, Italian heirloom had been coping with the drought stress while the others were chugging along as if everything were fine. I learned an important lesson in plant physiology that summer and thanks to Italian Heirloom we had plenty of canned tomatoes that winter. 85 days to harvest. 50 seeds/pkt.

GROWING INFORMATION

CULTURE: Tomatoes perform best in well-drained soil that contains plenty of organic matter and adequate phosphorous and calcium.  Ensure that the planting site receives at least 6 hours of daily sunlight.  Tomatoes require about two inches of water per week, otherwise fruit may become prone to developing blossom end rot.  Mulching plants with poly, paper, or natural materials will ensure consistent moisture throughout the root zone, especially during dry periods. 

SAVING SEEDS:  Tomatoes are inbreeding plants with self-fertilization usually occurring before flowers have opened.  Therefore, measures to control cross pollination are usually not necessary.  Reports of outcrossing in tomatoes range from 0 to 5 percent, with substantially higher rates seen in potato-leaved cultivars.  Varieties with larger tomatoes are more prone to outcrossing because their large flowers are more open and the stigma may extend beyond the flower.  For this same reason, seeds should never be saved from double fruit of any variety.  Examine the stigma length of a particular variety to determine whether flowers will need to be bagged to prevent outcrossing.  If needed, inexpensive organza bags, like those used for wedding favors, can be placed over blossoms until nascent fruit appear. Bags should then be removed and the fruit tagged.  To harvest seeds, cut fully ripened tomatoes in half and squeeze seeds and pulp into a container.  Cover with mesh and let sit until a layer of white fungus covers the surface (about 3-5 days.)  Fill container with cold water, stirring until seeds settle on the bottom.  Pour off water and pulp.  Repeat until seeds are clean.  Dry on a coffee filter.

One of the best dual-purpose tomatoes around

  • Meaty & coreless with few seeds
  • Excellent flavor
  • Great sweet/acid balance
  • Great for canning and slicing
  • Good resistance to drought

MORE ABOUT ITALIAN HEIRLOOM TOMATO:

(Solanum lycopersicum) It's excellent flavor and meatiness make Italian Heirloom one of the best dual-purpose tomatoes around. When I first grew this variety in the extreme drought of 2012, I thought I would never grow it again. Early on, it always seemed to look thirsty with its leaves often rolled and droopy. However later in the season, Italian Heirloom produced nice yields of large near-perfect tomatoes while other varieties suffered from extreme blossom end rot (a calcium deficiency that is worsened by drought). It turned out that my initial impressions were wrong, Italian heirloom had been coping with the drought stress while the others were chugging along as if everything were fine. I learned an important lesson in plant physiology that summer and thanks to Italian Heirloom we had plenty of canned tomatoes that winter. 85 days to harvest. 50 seeds/pkt.

GROWING INFORMATION

CULTURE: Tomatoes perform best in well-drained soil that contains plenty of organic matter and adequate phosphorous and calcium.  Ensure that the planting site receives at least 6 hours of daily sunlight.  Tomatoes require about two inches of water per week, otherwise fruit may become prone to developing blossom end rot.  Mulching plants with poly, paper, or natural materials will ensure consistent moisture throughout the root zone, especially during dry periods. 

SAVING SEEDS:  Tomatoes are inbreeding plants with self-fertilization usually occurring before flowers have opened.  Therefore, measures to control cross pollination are usually not necessary.  Reports of outcrossing in tomatoes range from 0 to 5 percent, with substantially higher rates seen in potato-leaved cultivars.  Varieties with larger tomatoes are more prone to outcrossing because their large flowers are more open and the stigma may extend beyond the flower.  For this same reason, seeds should never be saved from double fruit of any variety.  Examine the stigma length of a particular variety to determine whether flowers will need to be bagged to prevent outcrossing.  If needed, inexpensive organza bags, like those used for wedding favors, can be placed over blossoms until nascent fruit appear. Bags should then be removed and the fruit tagged.  To harvest seeds, cut fully ripened tomatoes in half and squeeze seeds and pulp into a container.  Cover with mesh and let sit until a layer of white fungus covers the surface (about 3-5 days.)  Fill container with cold water, stirring until seeds settle on the bottom.  Pour off water and pulp.  Repeat until seeds are clean.  Dry on a coffee filter.

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Customer Reviews

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Tonya Mapes
So far so good

We planted 25 little pots inside and all but 3 germinated. This is our first time starting our garden this way.

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SGil
So Far, Super Happy with my order

This review is not so much about the tomato, although I have no doubts in that they will sprout. I just got my seeds and have started to plant so I cant say on those. I may do a follow up to rave about them. This review is more about the company themselves. I was so thrilled to get my seeds so quickly, I ordered, they shipped and in 3 days time I had them. That was FAST! I love that. Also, Trivial maybe, but I loved the seed packets that the seeds came in. It was a nice black, foil type of packet with a zipper seal. Very nice to keep the seeds fresh. I will definitely be ordering from here again in the future.

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Kelley Brautigam
Only 1 seed germinated

I've been starting my own seeds, including tomatoes, for years. This year all of my tomatoes germinated successfully with the exception of this envelope of seeds. Only one (1) seed germinated out of the entire package. I am VERY disappointed.

Hi Kelley, I'm so sorry you had disappointing results with our seed. Our 2021 lot of Italian Heirloom recently tested at 86% germ, but it is always possible that something happened in transit. We will be in touch about a refund or replacement.

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Weaver Cattle Company
Amazing Tomatoes!

These are by far the best tomatoes we have ever grown! They are kind of sweet tasting and quite fleshy! Very little juice and seeds to deal with hence we are using them to make homemade ketchup out of them. I personally think these tomatoes are absolutely perfect for sandwiches!

We have seven plants and usually one picking will fill a 5-gal bucket clear to the top and then some!

We started the plants inside under UV light and later on moved them out to our garden where they really started growing like weeds! In my opinion, these tomatoes are easy to start and once out in the garden they will take care of themselves quite well even during really dry weather conditions.

If you haven't yet tried these tomatoes then I highly recommend them, just make sure you don't plant to many because the tomatoes are about the size of a softball and boy do these plants yield!

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Jessica Bohl Bohl
Very happy

So far almost all the seeds ordered have sprout. Very happy with this company.


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